Chapter 72 (1/2)

Chapter 72: The Horrifying Pitcher Plant

An outstanding pet could display a combat strength not inferior to its master. During that time in the Ancient Nine Tombs, Pretty Water is Traceless’ pet made a very deep impression on Zhou Jian. It’s really fierce.

Training a pet would need to consume a large amount of time and money. Previously, Zhou Jian focused on doing the missions and later, he was rus.h.i.+ng the new dungeon for the experiences to level up. Until now, he didn’t make any effort to get a pet. Now he was thinking about it as Dark Sword was able to catch up a pet in the game, then would Famous Sword had this kind of ability as well in the reality?

He looked at the beasts column. There were three empty positions there. Was it really possible?

When he realized this possibility, Zhou Jian’s breathing grew rapid. If he was able to control the animals in this world at will, then he would be a force to be reckoned with.

He suppressed his excitement and slowly approached the American tapir. He displayed his skill “Capturing Sacred Beasts”. Capturing Sacred Beasts belong to auxiliary cla.s.s skills. This skill could be used under Stealth.

However, to Zhou Jian’s disappointment, the Americans tapir did not have any reaction at all. The capture failed.

Zhou Jian was unwilling to give up, he continuously tried for 10 more times but the Americans tapir was like a meditating old monk, swaying here and there.

Finally, Zhou Jian had to accept the reality. It seemed like Capturing Sacred Beasts skill was only effective on those sacred beasts but those sacred beasts were only available in the Sacred Beasts Mountain in the game.

If Capturing Saint Beasts was invalid, then was it a dead end on all the biological creatures? Why was there a limit of three for the luring ray? Besides the luring ray, and also those Control masters’ advanced skills, were there still some other persuasion skills? (tl: ignore this paragraph, I couldn’t make an end of it well with all those game terminologies)

But now, it’s a pity that Zhou Jian’s level and Spirit force was insufficient. This kept him from learning those skills that he was so envious of.

When Zhou Jian was indulging in his ideas, the American tapir issued out a pitiful squeal. And at the same time, the rug like ground suddenly shot up. Zhou Jian was surprised and he quickly drew his body back. He looked helplessly as a sh.e.l.l like thing emerged from an underground tunnel and swallowed the American tapir whole.

What sort of thing was this? Zhou Jian was so shocked that he broke out in a cold sweat. The pitiful squeal of the American tapir was still ringing in his ears. The sh.e.l.l was shaking violently. The pouch containing the American tapir was up high in the air and it showed the distorted shape of the American tapir’s unceasing struggle.

Zhou Jian recognized this thing. This was a carnivorous plant. A variant of the pitcher plants from the catastrophe. To put it plainly, this was an extremely large pitcher plant. Actually, although the Amazon forest was entirely covered with fallen leaves and dead wood, but because the climate was warm and humid, the rate of humus decomposition was very fast. In addition, the constant pouring of water from the rain onto the ground cause the minerals to leech away. The forest soil was not only not fertile, it was somewhat barren. At this time, some of the root systems were quite shallow. The plants that were unable to get enough nutrition from the soil had to get it from the animals. For example, the pitcher plants and many others so forth.

The pitcher plants could only prey on insects like the flies, dragonflies, and others. Some large species like the Queen of Hearts was able to catch mice, frogs, and other small animals.

But the pa.s.sionflowers were able to capture and kill larger animals. They were symbiotic with a type of spider. This spider was called the Amazon Goliath bird-eating tarantula. The adult could grow up to the size of an adult palm and weighed more than 100 g. The web could cover up to several meters high in between the big trees and would weigh up to 300 g. They could capture and kill frogs, birds, mice and other small animals. It could also eat up a whole young pigeon at a time.